483  
WWUS73 KFSD 170200  
NPWFSD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
900 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-  
054>056-060>062-065>071-171400-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FZ.W.0004.261017T0500Z-261017T1400Z/  
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-  
DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-  
MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SIOUX FALLS, TEA, CHANCELLOR, HARRISBURG,  
SIOUX CENTER, HULL, BRIDGEWATER, YANKTON, HURLEY, IVANHOE, LARCHWOOD,  
PONCA, ELK POINT, INWOOD, LE MARS, SLAYTON, LAKE PRESTON, JEFFERSON,  
LAKE BENTON, ALEXANDRIA, SCOTLAND, VERMILLION, PARKER, DE SMET,  
MADISON, CANTON, TYLER, ROCK RAPIDS, HENDRICKS, BERESFORD, TYNDALL,  
FULDA, MONTROSE, PIPESTONE, LENNOX, PARKSTON, CLAYTON, CENTERVILLE,  
MENNO, ROCK VALLEY, VIBORG, IRENE, BROOKINGS, MARION, ALLEN,  
FLANDREAU, SALEM, LUVERNE, FREEMAN, EMERY, NORTH SIOUX CITY,  
WAKEFIELD, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, ARLINGTON, HAWARDEN, SPRINGFIELD,  
ALCESTER, TABOR, MARSHALL, HOWARD, AVON, ORANGE CITY, TRIPP,  
CANISTOTA, ORLAND, SIOUX CITY, AND GEORGE  
900 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT  
SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 30 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA, SOUTHWEST  
MINNESOTA, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, AND EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH  
DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS, OTHER  
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR  
PLUMBING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 

 
 

 
 
IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ081-089-090-171400-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FZ.W.0004.261017T0500Z-261017T1400Z/  
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-  
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SIBLEY, SPIRIT LAKE, SPENCER, BATTLE CREEK,  
JACKSON, SANBORN, IDA GROVE, WORTHINGTON, SHELDON, CHEROKEE, ARNOLDS  
PARK, MOUNTAIN LAKE, MILFORD, STORM LAKE, LAKEFIELD, HOLSTEIN,  
WINDOM, AND HARTLEY  
900 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT  
SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 29 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHWEST  
MINNESOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS, OTHER  
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR  
PLUMBING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 

 
 

 
 
SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-171400-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FR.Y.0007.261017T0500Z-261017T1400Z/  
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-  
DOUGLAS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GREGORY, PLANKINTON, ALPENA, MITCHELL, BURKE,  
DELMONT, ARMOUR, WAGNER, MARTY, PLATTE, WOONSOCKET, CHAMBERLAIN,  
STICKNEY, LAKE ANDES, HURON, CORSICA, KIMBALL, WESSINGTON SPRINGS,  
AND WHITE LAKE  
900 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT  
SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 33 WILL RESULT IN FROST FORMATION.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND  
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE  
OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 

 
 

 
 
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